Posted on 12/06/2014 7:03:12 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York's subway system, the military said in a statement.
The death of Adnan Shukrijumah is the latest blow to the terror organization still reeling from the 2011 killing of leader Osama bin Laden and now largely eclipsed by the militant Islamic State group. It also marks a major achievement for the Pakistani military, which mounted a widespread military operation in the northwest this summer.
The military announced Shukrijumah's death in a statement, saying that he was killed along with two other suspected militants in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area early Saturday. South Waziristan is part of the mountainous territory bordering Afghanistan that is home to various militant groups fighting both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The al-Qaida leader, who was killed by the Pakistan army in a successful operation, is the same person who had been indicted in the United Stated," said a senior Pakistani army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to journalists.
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More about him: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/07/al_qaeda_sleeper_age.php
Thanks for catching this.
Adnan Shukrijumah is dead!
Are we just taking the Pakistani government’s word for it? It’s not like they like what we did in getting Bin Laden - look what happened with the Doc that helped us.
Just sayin’ ...
WOW! We’ve waited a long time for this news!!!
Yeah. If, IF, he is dead, it’s only because Pakistan no longer has any use for him.
A great man once said, "trust but verify". I'm optimistic though.
Any time bud.
Holder is probably pissed that they didn’t capture him so he could brought over for trial.
Just remember there are lots more to take his place. This will be a never ending story until Jesus returns.
Or we apply the Carthage solution to islam.
Why does the chicken farmer get rid of a chicken? It is because the chicken is either sick and endangers rest of them, or the chicken is fat and ready for the market.
Pakistan is operating an Al Qaeda farm. From time to time, a terrorist is killed for the price.
Good riddence
IOW, he’s been spirited away to a walled compound where he can look at porn, bag a bunch of veiled ugly women, and work on his tan, with no one chasing after his ass.
;’)
No... Holder seems to have an interest in killing the people we really need to interrogate regarding WMD plots. They’ll capture the others for the legal system but the ones with WMD connections die or disappear or in one case get a 200 some-odd-year prison sentence and are never heard from again.
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